How Do You Calculate A Texas Army National Guard Retirement?
To retire from the Texas National Guard, you need to be at least 60 years old and have at least 20 years of service. To calculate your benefit, you need to use the Reserve/National Guard retirement point system, which grants points based on how many services you performed during your Guard career. In a nutshell, the more points you have the higher your pension will be. Calculate which years you received 50 points or more. These are your “good” years. Any years that you received less than 50 points are not counted toward your total number of points. Add up your total points from your good years. Points are granted for performing your duties as a member of the National Guard. Being in the Guard gets 15 points each year, and each training or drill day receives 1 or 2 points (usually 2). This is because you are given 1 point for each training session or drill, of which there are typically two per day. Find your multiplier on the Army Human Resources Command chart. This is based on your ran
